RUDN Journal of World HistoryRUDN Journal of World History2312-81272312-833XPeoples’ Friendship University of Russia named after Patrice Lumumba (RUDN University)1055Models of Colonization of America (System of Adaptation and Material Culture of Paleoindians)PanasyukN ViktorovnaОтдел каталогизации и электронных каталогов; Институт научной информации по общественным наукам РАН; Institute of Scientific Information on Social Sciencesopanatka@yandex.ru <mailto:opanatka@yandex.ru>Institute of Scientific Information on Social Sciences15012012171803092016Copyright © 2012,2012The article deals with the problems of the first migrations and the colonization of Americas at the end of the Ice Age. The quantity and the quality, such as directions, of theses migration are disputable. At the edge of Pleistocene and Holocene first paleoindians come to the continent. Their anthropological characteristics, ways of migration and environmental adaptation - those are problems, acquiring their resolution using data not only archeological methods, but also different additional information.Paleoindian periodClovisBifacial traditionEdge-trimmed projectile pointsпалеоиндейский периодкультура Кловисбифасиальная традициятрадиция унифасов с краевой ретушью